Anti-Americanism Is Providing a Glue

LAT ^ | Sept. 22, 2006 | Paul Richter

[FairOpinion]

The rhetoric from the leaders of Iran, Sudan and Venezuela at the U.N. shared a theme of outrage at the U.S., despite their differences.

The outpouring of anti-American rhetoric at the United Nations this week is demonstrating how anger at the United States is uniting the developing world in a way not seen since the 1980s, U.S. officials and analysts say.

Leaders such as Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, Sudan's Omar Hassan Ahmed Bashir and Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are divided by background and political philosophies, but they spoke as one at the General Assembly regarding perceived U.S. bullying and misdeeds.

Anti-Americanism was the overarching theme last week in Havana at a 118-nation summit of the Non-Aligned Movement, whose headliners included Ahmadinejad, Chavez and Bolivian President Evo Morales. The leaders embodied a burgeoning spirit of defiance toward "the worldwide dictatorship by the United States," declared Cuban Vice President Carlos Lage Davila.

[FairOpinion]

I think it's past time to kick out the UN from the US and get US out of the UN. The UN is nothing but a forum giving power and legitimacy to every anti-US tinhorn dictator and allows them to flock together to attack us.

[stm]

Why couldn't Atta just have flown into the UN building instead?

[FairOpinion]

What, and kill Al Qaeda's most ardent supporters?

[Physicist]

The outpouring of anti-American rhetoric at the United Nations this week is demonstrating how anger at the United States is uniting the developing world in a way not seen since the 1980s, U.S. officials and analysts say.

Uh, huh. But with hindsight, we know that the U.S. pursued an excellent foreign policy in the 1980's. So this works for me.

[stm]

Good point. Probably why he didn't fly into the left sides of Congress either.

[afnamvet]

I agree. There is no tangible benefit to us taxpayers for this gaggle of haters.

[generally]

Let's hope it also unites America against these nutcase regimes.

[zarf]

Where's Former Secretary Maddie Au Gratin? She could show a little cankle and seduce our enemies.

[SoldierDad]

Well, there are those people who believe the U.S. was behind the 9/11 attacks. If this were really so, I'd think the U.N. Building would have been a much better target, don't you?

[SoldierDad]

Madelin HalfWit?

[SoldierDad]

"The fallout from the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and other Bush administration policies may be particularly visible in the new bonds between many Muslim nations and populist regimes of South America, an alliance that some call the "axis of the south."

The enemy of my enemy is my friend - What else should we expect.

[gotribe]

These international izlamic terrorist movements have been allied for decades. The media is rather new at this thing and they have no historical perspective.

[Thunder90]

And our "Friends" the Russians support these regiemes...

[SoldierDad]

Even when the evidence is right in their face, they ignore it because it supports what Bush has been saying all along.

[photodawg]

I agree. There is no tangible benefit to us taxpayers for this gaggle of haters.
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We should withdraw financial support now, before these multibillion dollar renovations. We should then withdraw our membership and form a league of democratic nations the criteria of membership being democratically held national elections. finally, all foreign aid should be withheld from nations who are not members of the league of democratic nations.

[Paladin2]

Just show past 'rat performances on TV just after showing the equivalent Chavez/achmedinadinnerjacket/Castro diatribe clip. One could even intersperse them using similar phrases to get tot he same critism.

[liberallarry]

I think it's past time to kick out the UN from the US and get US out of the UN.

That's dumb.

The UN would just move to another, friendlier country and our isolation would deepen. Cutting off our funding wouldn't be any better. Others would pick up the tab and try to pass it on to us. If they failed more poverty would result and we would be blamed.

Our only choice is to argue our position forcefully. Our tinhorn opponents have little going for them except their hatred and jealosy of our wealth and power. They are bound to fail unless they can find better economic and social models than ours.

[SoldierDad]

Our "friends the Russians" haven't forgiven the U.S. for the fall of the Soviet Union. They would just love to see us fall.

[1rudeboy]

. . . U.S. officials and analysts say.

If anyone bothered to click-through, were any of them identified?

[KosmicKitty]

Question:

How much monetary support does the US give to these countries - either directly or via the UN?

Bet it would pay for a lot of troop supplies and a nice border fence, now, wouldn't it.